Shadow: Dead Riot (2006)

Director:

Derek Wan

Writers:

Michael Gingold (screenplay)
Richard Siegel (story)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Plot:

Evil voodoo-practicing serial killer Shadow gets executed for murdering pregnant women. Twenty years...

Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Nipples Visible Through Clothing | W.i.p | Female Rear Nudity | Violence

Cast

Tony Todd	...	Shadow
Carla Greene	...	Solitaire
Nina Hodoruk	...	Warden Danvers
Michael Quinlan	...	Dr. Swann
Cat Miller	...	Emily 'Preggers'
Andrea Langi	...	Elsa Thorne
Tatianna Butler	...	Mondo
Misty Mundae	...	Crystal (as Erin Brown)
Debbie Pingitore	...	Waco
Anna Curtis	...	Meth
Ruby Larocca	...	Rage
Danielle Riley	...	Hotrod
Sergio Jones	...	Warden Brutawski
Gordon Joseph Weiss	...	Chaplain
Moet Meira	...	Luisa
Aggie Valdez	...	Brigitte
Toy Lei	...	Lina
Captain Haggerty	...	Lucio the Zombie
S. William Hinzman	...	Romero the Zombie
Brian Spears	...	Guard Franco
Lee Burkett	...	Guard Rollin
Pete Gerner	...	Guard in the Yard (as Peter Gerner)
Manny Colon	...	Half Pint the Zombie
Gregory Smeck	...	Eyeball Zombie / Zombie
John C. Murphy	...	Syringe-in-the-Eye Zombie
Bill Morano	...	Slasher Inmate
Sean Spanninger	...	Executioner's Assistant
Alex Colon	...	Riot Inmate
Greg Young	...	Riot Inmate
Michael Alonzo	...	Riot Inmate
Andy Vidal	...	Riot Inmate
James Hall	...	Riot Inmate
Michael J. Panichelli Jr.	...	Riot Inmate
Brian Vitko	...	Riot Inmate
Jamie Greco	...	Riot Inmate
Mike Slater	...	Riot Inmate
Chowen Bass	...	Riot Inmate
Jaysen Clough	...	Riot Inmate / Male Guard (as Jason Clough)
Michael A. Lightcap	...	Riot Inmate (as Mike Lightcap)
Conor O'Brien	...	Riot Inmate
Jerry Morano	...	Riot Inmate
Phil Lederman	...	Riot Inmate
Dave McDowell	...	Riot Inmate
John West	...	Riot Inmate
Richard Brown	...	Riot Inmate
David Lee Denny Jr.	...	Riot Inmate / Zombie (as David Denny)
John Wooten	...	Riot Inmate / Zombie
Robert Grant	...	Riot Inmate
Domenick Cantiello	...	Riot Inmate
Keyon Smith	...	Riot Inmate
Sergio Gay	...	Riot Inmate
Dylan Miller	...	Riot Inmate
Martin Pfefferkorn	...	Riot Inmate
Suliman Abdul-Hakeem	...	Riot Inmate
April	...	Female Inmate
Debbie D	...	Female Inmate
Merideth Mulroney	...	Female Inmate
Aminah Haynes	...	Female Inmate
Debbie Szoka	...	Female Inmate
Nicole Walz	...	Female Inmate
Barbara Joyce	...	Female Inmate
Elycee Kelleher	...	Female Inmate
Shayayvonne Harris	...	Female Inmate
Cherry Cooper	...	Female Inmate
Jacqueline Tomasello	...	Female Inmate
Sheyrl Mizrahi	...	Female Inmate
Cheyene Mason	...	Female Inmate
Joy Monique Lee	...	Female Inmate
Tim Robinson	...	Female Inmate
Cherise Lewis	...	Female Inmate
Karen Murray	...	Female Inmate
Yolanda Taylor	...	Female Inmate
Camille Wright	...	Female Inmate
Miranda Thompson	...	Female Inmate
Yoko Hayama	...	Female Inmate
Ben Shababo	...	Zombie
John Burgess	...	Zombie
Nadirah Wilds	...	Zombie
Halfbreed Billy Gram	...	Zombie (as Billy Gram)
Josh Hunt	...	Zombie
Natalia Jablokov	...	Zombie
John Martineau	...	Zombie
Rebecca Kowalewicz	...	Zombie
Federico Ferreri	...	Zombie (as Fred Ferrari)
Jennifer Szerlag	...	Zombie (as Jen Szerlag)
Steven Tracy	...	Zombie
Scott Fogel	...	Zombie
Jeff Atwood	...	Zombie
Mitchell Troutman	...	Zombie
Shana Bowman	...	Zombie
Ingrid Phelps	...	Female Guard
Jehina	...	Female Guard
Maria Britt	...	Female Guard
Jane Monastero	...	Female Guard
Margaret Baker	...	Female Guard
Shanisa Joyner	...	Female Guard
Andrew Kaleta	...	Male Guard
Harold Preston	...	Male Guard
Nicholai Jabokov	...	Male Guard
Ricky Roma	...	Male Guard
Ryan Mitchell	...	Male Guard (as Ronald Mitchell)
Ben Yon	...	Male Guard
John Gass	...	Male Guard
Reggie Williams	...	Male Guard
James Hoffman	...	Male Guard
Brian Anthony Wilson	...	Male Guard
Ronald Young	...	Male Guard
Brian Williams	...	Male Guard
Tim Scarpato
Charles McNear	...	Male Guard
John Kominski	...	Male Guard
Ted Miller	...	Male Guard
Chris Fraley	...	Prison Guard
Julian Marzal	...	Male Guard
William Newman	...	Male Guard
David Brown	...	Male Guard
Matt Murray	...	Male Guard

Directed by
Derek Wan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Gingold		screenplay
Richard Siegel		story & screenplay

Produced by
Csaba Bereczky	....	producer
John Carchietta	....	associate producer
Carl Morano	....	producer
Richard Siegel	....	associate producer
John Sirabella	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Vernon Reid

Cinematography by
Derek Wan

Film Editing by
Ki-hop Chan
Joanna Or
Andrew Sterling

Casting by
Diane Heery

Production Design by
Dave Barnes		(as David Barnes)

Art Direction by
Scott Anderson

Costume Design by
Jenny Fulton

Makeup Department
Allan Cooke	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Pete Gerner	....	special makeup effects artist
Lindsay Irish-Desarno	....	makeup department head (as Lindsay Irish)
Brian Spears	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Missy Moyer	....	unit production manager
Joanna Or	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amy D'Alio	....	second assistant director
Mark Shandley	....	second second assistant director
Fei Wong	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Brandon Cook	....	leadman
John S. Schlicter	....	charge scenic artist
Patrick Edward White	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Kathleen Burns	....	boom operator
Joe Mendelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Rippin	....	dialog & adr editor
Adam Schoon	....	boom operator
Brian Scibinico	....	lead sound designer
Sara Shaw	....	assistant sound editor
Hunter Venable	....	boom operator
Ye Zhang	....	sound

Special Effects by
Jeffrey Cox	....	pyrotechnician
Pete Gerner	....	special effects makeup
Pete Gerner	....	special effects
Greg Kochan	....	assistant pyrotechnician
Gene Mazza	....	special effects assistant
Brian Spears	....	special effects

Stunts
Manny Ayala	....	stunt double
Manny Ayala	....	stunt performer
Richard Hopkins	....	stunt double
Siu-Hung Leung	....	action coordinator
Sam Looc	....	stunt double
Sam Looc	....	stunt performer
Sam Looc	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Bradshaw	....	key grip
Jason Contino	....	grip
Daniel C. Cook	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Rudi Fischer	....	second assistant camera
Todd Giresi	....	grip
Joel Minnich	....	electrician
Iris Ng	....	gaffer: second unit
Phil Rosati	....	swing: grip/electric
Morgan Sandler	....	camera operator
Morgan Sandler	....	second assistant camera
Daniel Stilling	....	Steadicam operator
Daniel Stilling	....	camera operator
Daniel Stilling	....	director of photography: additional photography
Derek Wan	....	camera operator
Lukas Wolf	....	grip
David Wittlin	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jason Loftus	....	casting associate
Richard Siegel	....	casting: New York City

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Macaluso	....	wardrobe supervisor
Christine McDowell	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
David Beinlich	....	post-production assistant
Quan Lin	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Nicole Agostino	....	production assistant
David Beinlich	....	video encoding
John Carchietta	....	location scout
Anthony DeFrancesco	....	set production assistant
Adam DuFord	....	production assistant
Paul Anthony Elliott	....	script supervisor
Federico Ferreri	....	production assistant
Rudi Fischer	....	production assistant
Josette Hammerstone	....	production office coordinator
Ryan Jafri	....	office assistant
Bridget Kinnon	....	production assistant
Christian Alexander Moran	....	post-production project manager
Aimie Olson	....	key medic
Brad Robinson	....	set production assistant
Richard Siegel	....	conceptual illustrator
Richard Siegel	....	pre-production coordinator
Kevin Streckewald	....	production assistant
Sean F. Williams	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Fever Dreams
• Media Blasters

Distributors

• Media Blasters (2005) (USA) (all media)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• G & S Effects

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal violence and gore, nudity, sexuality and language

Runtime:

81 min | 91 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Fever Dreams

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: Several times during the prison riot scene in the beginning as the guards are shooting the prisoners.

Movie Connections:

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

C-movie

Or even D-movie? I like me a really low-to-no budget movie from time to time. Because they don't take themselves serious. This is the case here too, but still I couldn't enjoy the movie. Yes I knew the budget was tight and that there would not be so much money at hand, but seeing they could hire a martial Arts expert, for the fight scenes, makes you wonder why they didn't also spend money on a funnier script (w/o every cliché in the book)!

Although the tone of the movie is not to be serious, the main actress does take her job a bit too seriously, which contradicts the whole thing and feels stupid. So while there is one or two original things here, the overall feeling, for me was "boring"!